Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Season of the Crystal Feather ❯ And then there were more ( Chapter 3 )

Dream: ::yawns:: Bored…

Freckles: You better not fall asleep during the story because if y-

Dream: zzzzzzzzzzz…

Freckles: …::takes a gel pen and starts drawing on Dream's face::

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And then there were more:

"Hey cool! The Yu Yu Hakusho guys!" A voice said from behind us.

We turned to see a boy around Autumn's age and his big furry brown dog walking up to us. I recognized the boy as Autumn's friend Hinote. He had hazel green eyes and short brown hair. He was wearing a black short sleeved shirt, black baggy pants and black boots. He stood about Yusuke's height.

The dog had a red-orangey tint to his fur. He looked like he should be in snow. He had a curly, fluffy tail and straight ears. I figured that he might be a mix with some Husky in him.

"Aw! Hello there, Tundra!" Autumn said enthusiastically as she pat the dog on the head, making sure to keep me away from him.

"What? No hello for me? No hello for your best friend in New York???" Hinote asked Autumn.

"Nope! No hello for you." Autumn said without looking up at him.

"Grrrr…" Hinote said. He looked at Kuwabara, Hiei, and at Kurama. He then turned back to Autumn, "Well, will you at least introduce me to them?"

Autumn stood up straight, "Ok. Everyone this is Hinote. Hinote, this is Hiei, Kuwabara, and Kurama," She pointed to each of them as she said their names.

Kurama gave a slight bow, "Hello."

"Hey." The one in blue, Kuwabara, waved.

Hiei crossed his arms and turned away, "Hn."

"Hi everyone...Hey...isn't there supposed to be another guy?" Hinote asked, looking around.

"Oh, right." Autumn pointed at the lake, where Yusuke was peering over the edge to see if it was safe. "Dead Meat, oops, I mean Yusuke..." She said as she smiled sweetly.

Hinote laughed. "What'd he do?"

Autumn glared at Yusuke who immediately retreated back into the lake, "He called Freckles stupid…"

Hinote whistled dramatically, "He really is dead meat…"

"Yeah...Hey, I wonder how long he can stay in there until he gets sick or something!" Autumn sounded happy.

"Let's watch!" Hinote grinned.

"Yeah!" Autumn agreed as they both stared at the lake where Yusuke was.

Meanwhile, I decided to try and get away again. Unfortunately, Autumn had a tight grip on my leash so all I accomplished was being put down so that I could wander around in a circle with a two foot radius around Autumn. Out of boredom I ran around her many times, wrapping the leash around her legs. She looked down and glared at me.

"STEW!" She yelled as she started trying to detangle herself from the leash as I tried to keep her tangled in it.

Yusuke, who had quietly crept over to the others while Autumn wasn't looking, joined them in staring at me and her. Autumn, having succeeded only in making herself dizzy, and not in untangling herself, fell over onto the ground. This caused me to fall over as well. We both lay on the ground not moving for a while.

"Um...is she ok?" Kurama asked Hinote.

"Huh? Oh. Oh, yeah, she's fine. They do this all the time. So why are you guys here in the most boring place on Earth?" Hinote asked while ignoring me and Autumn.

"We're here on a mission." Kuwabara said before getting cut off by Yusuke.

Yusuke elbowed Kuwabara, "BAKA! You don't just go around telling people our mission! What if they aren't involved?"

"Are you sure she's ok?" Kurama asked, pointing at Autumn.

Hinote nodded, "Trust me, I've known this girl for years. She's perfectly fine."

"Well, if you say so..." Kurama still looked skeptical.

"What kind of mission are you on?" Autumn asked suddenly. She was sitting up and trying to untangle the leash from her legs again.

Yusuke moved away from her in fear as Kurama helped her stand up once she succeeded. Kuwabara opened his big mouth again, "We're trying to find a crystal that was stolen from Koenma. Some lady named Nuala told us we had to find three people and their pets here."

"Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled. "I already told you not to tell people about our mission!"

"Oops. Sorry..." Kuwabara rubbed the back of his head.

Autumn looked thoughtful. She then grinned, "We'll help you! After all, you four don't know your way around here so you'll need guides, even if we aren't some of the people you're looking for."

"...Did you just say something smart?! Are you feeling ok?!" Hinote put his hand on Autumn's forehead.

Autumn dug her nails into his arm, "So, you want our help or not?"

"Ow, ow! Stop digging your nails into my arm!" Hinote finally got his arm away and looked at it. "There are marks!"

Yusuke moved even farther away from Autumn. Kuwabara moved back a bit too. Hiei shot Autumn a glare that clearly said 'Come anywhere near me with those nails and I will kill you'. Kurama laughed a bit.

"Sure, we'd love your help." Kurama said cheerily.

"We would?"Yusuke turned to look at Kurama. Kurama rolled his eyes at Yusuke and gave an exasperated sigh. "Oh, right! We would." Yusuke smiled the smile of someone who's in trouble if they don't act happy.

Autumn grinned, "Great!"

"So...what do we do now?" Yusuke asked.

I rolled my eyes at the human and spoke, even though I knew they wouldn't be able to understand me. "We sit around here like idiots waiting for one of you humans to use their brain and come up with a good idea."

Tundra looked down at me, "Wow! The rabbit can speak!"

"No shit, Sherlock!" I repeated something I had heard one of Autumn's friends say before.

Kurama had a thoughtful expression on his face. "A rabbit with floppy ears, a dog, and a fluffy cat were the three animals Nuala showed us with her magic. The images also showed two girls and a boy. The image of the dog was in the same spot as the boy and the rabbit was in the spot as one of the girls."

Kuwabara scratched his head, "I'm confused again…"

Hiei scoffed, "What a surprise."

Kuwabara was about to yell at Hiei, but stopped and looked over at me. He then looked down at Tundra. Tundra looked over at me, "What's that orange thing living on his head?"

"I think it's his hair…" I replied thoughtfully.

"Guys, those animals are weird…I can actually sense their spirit energy…" Kuwabara said to the group.

Autumn and Hinote both hit Kuwabara on the head at the same time and yelled, "They aren't weird!!!"

Yusuke pointed and laughed at Kuwabara. He quickly stopped when he saw Autumn and Hinote glare at him. He looked away whistling innocently. Tundra and I laughed silently at the idiots.

"Maybe these four really are who we've been looking for." Hiei suggested.

Autumn tilted her head to the side, "So, the third person would be a girl with a cat?"

"I would assume so." Kurama answered.

Hinote thought for a moment, "Well, since me and Autumn..."

"Autumn and I, not me and Autumn." Autumn interrupted as her writer's instinct kicked in, even though she wasn't paying attention.

"Y'know, that's really annoying!" Hinote snapped at her.

"What?" Autumn asked as she snapped out of her thoughts.

Hinote pointed at her, "That correcting thing! Stop correcting what I say!"

"Oh, was I doing that again? I didn't even notice…" Autumn tilted her head to the side again.

"Grr…Well, as I was saying…Since Autumn and I are two of the people, then maybe the third person is one of our other friends. Happy now?" Hinote's last remark was directed at Autumn.

"Yes very, but if the last person is supposed to have a furry cat and if she is someone we know then…" Autumn let her words trail off.

She and Hinote looked at each other and yelled at the same time, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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Dream: ::wakes up:: Hey did you start the story yet?

Freckles: ::puts gel pens away:: Yes, and finished it too.

Dream: Oh well. So people, how did you like the new and improved third chapter? Review please!